Hang tags, Peelies, and free soda!

 I donate all my coupon finds to a local charity, House of Hope. So when I am doing a regular shop, I'm always on the look out for hang tags. Hang tags are coupons hanging of the product. Coupons that stick to the product are called peelies. My most recent trip to Publix, I found a peelie on an item I was going to buy any way. The coupon was for a free 2 liter bottle of soda when you buy 3 bags of snyders of hanover pretzels. Bought the pretzels that I needed any ways, and got a free 2 liter of soda! Brought the soda to House of Hope the next day. So always be on the lookout for free products when you buy _______. They make great donation items!

Two bottles of free cherry juice at Publix!

Buy 2 64oz bottles of Ocean spray cherry juice regular price $3.99

On sale, buy one get one free

use 1 BOGO coupon from Oceans spray facebook page

Score 2 64oz bottles for FREE! Can't beat that! :D 

Select Harvest Campbells soup only $0.94 at Publix!

Buy 6 Campbell's Select Harvest soup regular price $2.55

Buy One Get One Free @ Publix!

Use 2 $1/3 coupons from coupons.com

$0.94 each!

Cheap kellogg's cereal @ Publix!

Buy 2 Apple Jacks regular price $4.51

Buy one get one free

use 1 $1/2 coupon from Kellogg's website

$1.75 per box!

Cheap Nissin Chow Mein Noodle no coupon Needed!

Publix has cheap Nissin Chow Mein Noodles this week, no coupon needed!

Buy 2 Nissin Chow Mein Noodles regular price $0.89

BOGOF (buy one get one free)

 $0.45 each!

$1 brawny coupon!

Brawny's facebook page has a coupon for $1 off one product. The coupon has no size restrictions, so use it on their single rolls for a great price. Here is a Wal-mart scenario.

Buy 1 roll of brawny's paper towels $1.77

use 1 $1/1 coupon from Brawny's Facebook page

Final price $0.77 per roll!

Shelf clearing and how to solve it

 Shelf clearers are people who come in to a store and take every item on the shelf, especially if it is free. To prevent shelves already being cleared when you get there, go the first day the ad comes out, stores do stock up on sale items but you never know.

 If for some reason the product you want has already been sold, go to the costumer service desk and ask for a rain check. Rain checks are a great way to get the item you want at the price you want, even if they all have been sold! Check with your store to see if they offer rain checks.

 If you are planning on getting a lot of one product, you know like 20 or up, consider special ordering that product to ensure you get all you want. That also helps other couponers get what they need too! 

 The biggest factor in shelf clearing is not to be one your self! When planning big couponing trips always make a special order!

Happy Savings!

Ahh, the checkout lane. I don’t know about you but the checkout lane is always nerve wracking. What if a coupon beeps? What if the cashier misses a coupon? Follow these tips for an easy check out every time.

• Check expiration dates on all your coupons before you go
• Make sure that you follow all the requirements on the coupon
• If a coupon doesn’t work just leave the items at the counter. Don’t ever feel obligated to purchase something if the coupons don’t go through
• Before you go to the store make a list with all the items you are buying and note how many coupons you are using. When you hand over the coupons to the cashier, you’ll know how many coupons you are using so you can keep track. 
• If you group the same items together on the checkout counter, and place the coupons for those items next to them the cashier can easily make sure that the coupon and product correspond

How to get the most out of your Coupons!

-You can stack a manufacturers coupon AND a store coupon

-If you have a Buy One Get One Free coupon, you can use it with a Buy One Get One Free sale and get both items for free!

-If a coupon says limit one per purchase, that means you can only use one coupon per item purchased. If you have 5 $1/1, and if you buy 5 items you can use all 5 coupons.

-Combine sales with coupons to take your savings even further!


Always check your stores coupon policy before going. It's also nice to bring a printout of the policy with you shopping to show cashiers who don't know.


Feel free to comment if you have any questions! 

Cheap Planters Peanut Butter at Wal-mart!

Peanut Butter is an excellent donation item! It's in a jar, last a long time and is a great source for protein! And now with this new coupon you can get it cheap too!

 Buy 2 Planters Peanut Butters $1.98 each

use 1 $1.50/2 coupon from coupon.com 

Get each one for only $1.23!

Again you can only get two coupon per computer. But since it is $1.50 off two, you can score 4 bottles!

Photocopying coupons is illegal! Please do not do it, it's only $1.50!

Publix Weekly ads

Publix Weekly ads start on Thursdays and end on Wednesdays. You can view their ads online at Publix.com 

On a normal ad, they will have any where from 30-50 BOGOF! (buy one get one free)

I love BOGOF’s because you can stack a manufacture’s coupon with a store coupon! And yes, you can use a coupon on the free item as well! 

                       

           Let me show you what I mean:

Kellogg’s cereal is buy one get one free, regular price $5.00

use 1 $1.00/2 manufacture coupon

use 2 $0.50/1 store coupons 

Each box will be $1.50!

(This scenario is an example only, 

don’t expect to be able to do this)

Also publix excepts competitor coupons! Check your store to see which ones they except. Competitors coupons are considered store coupons and can be stacked with manufactures coupons.

In addition to their BOGOF’s, they have hundreds of specially marked items each week!

 Publix is definitely a high priced store. But if you can stack their sales with coupons, you can get the cheapest prices around!

Happy Savings!

The pros and con of Sunday newspapers

Sunday newspapers are a good source for coupons. Each paper contains only one copy of each coupon. So if you wanted more you would have to buy multiply copies. You could also buy multiplys of one coupon fom clipping services. If you are planning on getting a paper every sunday, consider subscribing to the sunday paper. The cons of Sunday papers is not knowing what coupons are in them. You want to make sure that each paper contains enough coupons you will actually use to pay for the price of the paper. Sundaycouponpreview.com helps that problem, but they are not always correct. Coupon inserts vary by reign. Before purchasing you Sunday paper, check to make sure that their are inserts in them. People now a days steal coupon inserts. Stealing coupons is illegal! Please don't steal inserts from papers or pay for only one paper and take the rest. Happy savings!

Free Mac n' cheese at target!

    I love free, Don't you? You can score free mac n' cheese at Target with this coupon!

         Buy 1  Market Pantry Mac n' cheese

                   $0.64 regular price

         use 1 $1.00/1 Target coupon from coupons.target.com

           Coupon will be adjusted down to $0.64

            

There is also a deal for cheap dry pasta and sauce!

Buy 1 Market Pantry dry Pasta @ $1.00

Buy 1 Market Panty Pasta Sauce @ $1.00

Use $1 on both dry pasta and sauce

Get both for $1.00 OOP! (out of pocket)

$0.25 for a box of Uncle Bens Rice @ Publix! New coupon!

Uncle Bens rice is BOGOF @ Publix. Add in a coupon and get cheap rice! Heres how:

Buy 4 boxes of Uncle Bens rice

regular price $1.49 

On sale BOGOF

Use 2 $1.00/2 coupons from unclebens.com OR coupons.com

Score 4 Boxes of Uncle Bens rice for only $0.98!

55% savings @ Publix!

Here is the break down from my recent Publix shopping trip. Publix weekly ad valid January 12-18 

8 Hormel chili @ 2 for $3.00 

Used 4 $0.55/2 ($0.55 off the purchase of 2)

coupon from hormel.com OR coupons.com

8 Progresso soup @ 3 for $4.00

used 2 $1.00/4

Coupon from progresso.com

4 fruit loops BOGOF (Buy One Get One Free)

used 2 $1.00/2

Coupon from kelloggs.com

4 Kelloggs Frosted Flakes BOGOF

 used 2 $1.00/2

coupon from kelloggs.com

2 Dole all natural fruit @2 for $4.00

used 2 $0.75/1 

coupon from Dole.com (no longer available, sorry!)

8 Valley Fresh Canned Chunk Chicken BOGOF

used 4 $0.55/2 

Coupon from Coupons.com

2 Starkist Albacore tuna BOGOF
used 2 $0.50/1
coupon from coupons.com(no longer available to print, sorry!)

Total Before Coupons: $109.97

Total OOP(out of pocket): $48.48

Just want to let you know that you can only print two of the same coupons per computer. This couponing trip took two computers.

Happy Savings!

How to Coupon for Charity

Welcome to Couponing for Charity 101! Here I will show you how to get groceries for 50-90% off!

First you are going to want to set up a system to organize your coupons. Here is how:

1. Print out the coupons you want online. coupons.com smartsouce.com and coupons.target.com are popular places. Manufacturers websites sometimes have coupons as well. Then put the whole sheet of coupons into you coupon folder until it is time to use them.

2. Now when you are ready to use a coupon, all of them are in one spot. Clip the ones you wish to use and put them in a plastic zippy. When you are at the check out lane all you have to do is pull out the stack of coupons and hand to the cashier! This method eliminates cutting all of the coupons at one time.

Now you probably want to get coupons! Here is how:
Online coupon databases are
http://smartsource.com/smartsource/index.jsp?Link=MKRU3JAAR6CCY
http://www.coupons.com/
http://coupons.target.com/

Sunday newspapers have an abundance of coupons as well!

Now you are organized and have coupons! Here is how to get the most out of coupons:
-You can stack a manufacturers coupon and a store coupon
-If a coupon says limit one coupon per purchase, that means only one coupon per item purchased. If you have ten $1 off one item, and you buy ten items you can do that all in one transaction.
-If an item is on sale, use a manufacturers coupon and/or a store coupon for the most savings!
-You can use a BOGOF(buy one get one free) coupon with a BOGOF sale and get both items for free!

With the items I purchase I donate them to my church's food pantry. If you are planning on donating make sure the items you are giving are non-perishable!
Happy Savings!